 One fatality  90% electricity infrastructure damage  Significant damage to main water supply  99% of building stock damaged (1084 strucutres)  The hospital sustained significatn damage to the point where it is no longer possible to carry out medical services from that location.  Completed evacuation of population from Barbuda to Antigua (a total of 1413 persons)  2 main shelters in Antigua - the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds and the National Technical Training Center (NTTC) (305 persons in both shelters)  Initial assessments reveal the number of structures damaged or destroyed has a replacement cost of a little over 200 million dollars

 70% of the households sustained damage on South Caicos  70% of the households sustained damage on Providenciales  50% of the households sustained damage on Grand Turk Island

REGIONAL RESPONSE ACTIONS:

CDEMA COORDINATING UNIT

 The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) advance team, consisting of the CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit (CDRU), Rapid Needs Assessment Team (RNAT), CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST), and the CARICOM Disaster Assessment Coordination team, was operating out of its staging post in Antigua, which was largely unaffected by the hurricanes.

 The teams are now deployed to the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla, as of today September 10, 2017, having been into Barbuda late last week.

 CDEMA’s Rapid Assessment team from its staging post in Jamaica was scheduled to arrive in the Turks and Caicos Islands today.

 The Agency has also been in contact with Haiti which has also suffered damage during the passage of Hurricane Irma.

 The 6th meeting of the RRM Partners was convened yesterday, Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 1:15pm at the CDEMA Coordinating Unit. The meeting was chaired by CDEMA’s Executive Director. Approximately thirty (30) participants from regional and international donor, humanitarian and development agencies were represented.

CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (CIMH)

 Continue to provide the RRM with daily briefings on weather systems and impact analysis  Deployed team member to support bringing back commercial aviation on stream  Provided weather stations for use

LIAT

 LIAT continues to support CDEMA’s effort to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people in the impacted countries. They have secured seats for response personnel who are supporting the affected population and their needs.

REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM (RSS)

 RSS Airwing conducted 2 missions with 12 British Armed Forces personnel and Mr. David Archer (Dep. Governor, BVI) to BVI. The purpose of the British Armed Forces was to restore confidence, make the runway safe and secure the Governor.

 Airwing enroute with 4 stranded persons from BVI to Barbados.

 Requested 90 Police and 60 Soldiers on standby for preparation of deployment to BVI.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UPDATES:

GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA (GAC):

 Will contribute $100,000 to CDEMA to provide logistical support for relief supplies and assessment teams, emergency power, and relief supplies (including building materials, as needed).  Released $105,000 from its Emergency Disaster Assistance Fund (EDAF) to support International. Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) emergency operations in Haiti ($30,000), the Dominican Republic ($30,000), Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis ($45,000).  Supporting the deployment of an expert to the UNDAC team for emergency assessment, information management and coordination of incoming international relief.  The EDAF drawdown fund, maintained by the Canadian Red Cross, can be immediately activated to support IFRC operations responding to small to medium scale crises. Relief is delivered through local Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.  Canada also supports a number of humanitarian partners present in the Caribbean, including the WFP’s Immediate Response Account, which has been used to preposition stocks in Haiti, and UNDAC, through which one Canadian expert was deployed.  1 Canadian airport specialist on standby to assist CDEMA with Rapid Needs Assessment as required. It is anticipated that he will be deployed to Bahamas and or Turks and Caicos.

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS (ECHO):

 Civil Protection Team on standby  Copernicus: 28 maps produced ECHO field is closely following the developments in coordination with partners – humanitarian experts deployed in Haiti and Dominican Republic, standby for Cuba and for Eastern Caribbean islands.

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES (IFRC)

 Emergency Declaration and Standard Emergency Procedures activated, together with Regional. Emergency Response Team  Funds made available for the immediate response (deployments, coordination, assessments, logistics, etc.)  Staff based in St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda who are performing need assessments  Two experts deployed to Antigua and Barbuda  Preliminary assessment of hospital/health center in Barbuda carried out on September 8  Staff deployed to Bahamas and to Turks and Caicos Islands. Currently carrying out needs assessments for health sector  In Haiti, PAHO in coordination with departmental level of affected areas mobilized five teams to support response, as needed  Coordination with BVI, Anguilla, and Antigua and Barbuda to support with immediate needs, including provision of critical medicines and other medical supplies destroyed  Planned deployment of experts to BVI expected tomorrow, 10 Sept: logistician, electrical engineer, assessments and WASH (with CDEMA RNAT)  Ongoing coordination with Ministries of Health in the Region for immediate movement of medicines and other health supplies to most affected islands  Deployments for St Martin (2 persons), Anguilla (2 persons), and BVI (1 persons), who departed Barbados 7 Sept are still en route in light of transportation challenges related with closure of the damaged airports in these countries

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)  Providing communications and logistics support  Providing technical support to governments on social protection and nutrition  Cash transfers  Food support  Support for the prevention of Zika and dengue viruses

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)  USD 25,000 of emergency funds approved and allocated for Antigua and Barbuda to support coordination and assessments  Ready to support national efforts on damage and needs assessments as well as develop early recovery frameworks  Experts on debris/waste management, emergency employment and Cash for Work, livelihoods revitalization, core government functions and Post Disaster Needs Assessments are on standby and ready to be deployed. Additionally specialists are on standby to accompany governments and relevant partners in needs assessments and early recovery planning  Allocated USD 300,000 form its core resources to support assessments, coordination and elaboration of recovery frameworks in affected countries  Experts on debris/waste management, emergency employment and Cash for Work, livelihoods revitalization, core government functions and Post Disaster  Needs Assessments are on standby and ready to be deployed. In addition, specialists are on standby to accompany governments and relevant partners in needs assessments and early recovery planning

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)  Financial resources are available to provide the Dignity/Hygiene Kits in collaboration with UN Women and national authorities. UNFPA can also supply life-saving Reproductive Health Kits  UNFPA has technical resources available to guide on preventing and addressing GBV and sexual violence in affected communities, and is submitting a request for surge capacity to support coordination around GBV  Collaborating with UN Women and with the Directorate of Gender Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda, in distributing Dignity/Hygiene Kits, especially to affected women and girls

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN FUND (UNICEF)  2 shipments (1 each for Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica)  Blankets, tarpaulins, water purification kits, 10L containers, recreation kits and school-in-a-box kits, hygiene kits  6 tents to Antigua stadium  2 teams available to support the relief efforts in BVI  2 persons to Antigua to support the coordination of relief efforts  Zika prevention and mosquito nets  Support the purchase of cleaning items locally  Logistics team to handle procurement  Prepositioned supplies in Barbados to reach Anguilla and Tortola via Antigua

UNWOMEN  Electronic funds transfer to Directorate for Gender in Antigua and Barbuda for the provision of dignity kits to women and girls displaced on Friday September 09, 2017  UN Women is positioning to provide technical support on preventing and responding to GBV in shelter management  Positioning for priority deployment for a social protection officer to support the RNATs

UK AID  8 more staff are on their way to the region, including experts with civ-mil, logistics, and health and communications specialists  2 logistics experts are also travelling to Gibraltar to assist HMSOcean

 Support to PAHO (emergency primary healthcare) and CDEMA (transport and immediate response)  Mount Bay delivered the 200 DFID shelter kits on board (50% to Anguilla and 50% to BVI) 832 additional shelter kits have arrived in Barbados and we are working on distributing these onwards  Over the next 24 hours troops and engineers will deploy with helicopters to support the relief efforts in the OTS impacted  The UK will provide 53 police officers from 14 units to assist with public order  Between Sunday and Thursday, planning to fly in 5,000 solar lanterns and 10,000 buckets  Dispatched 5,000 hygiene kits, 10,000 buckets, and 500,000 aquatabs to Gibraltar for loading onto HMS Ocean (due to depart on Tuesday)  UK military A400 is currently making its way to you containing a forward contingent of UK military personnel and 640 shelter kits  5 tons of CDEMA food items and 8 DfID/CDEMA personnel moved from Antigua to British Virgin Islands  Priority over next 24 hours is to provide security in Anguilla and Turk and Caicos  If possible, some CDEMA personal and DfID food items will also be moved from Barbados to Anguilla

CDEMA continues to monitor the system and provide updates as necessary.

OECS Communications

About The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has ten members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Martinique.